And the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation. "Ball of Confusion" - The Temptations
Big West Conference · Bren Events Center · March 1, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread UCI -3.5 Home covered
O/U 138.5 Under
Money UCI -185 / UCSB +154
Model Predictions
Spread Total UCI win
Actual UCI +4 124 Won
Massey UCI -4.6 (-0.6) — —
Massey Totals — 141.4 (-17.4) —
Bradley-Terry — — 69% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 72% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML UCI -5.0 (-1.0) 139.8 (-15.8) 72% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ UCI -5.3 (-1.3) 143.7 (-19.7) 72% ✓
Baseline Plus ML UCI -5.5 (-1.5) 143.7 (-19.7) 71% ✓
Baseline ML UCI -5.4 (-1.4) 141.1 (-17.1) 71% ✓

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 8, 2026 UCSB 84 – 79 UCI
Mar 9, 2025 UCI 97 – 88 UCSB
Feb 14, 2025 UCI 62 – 60 UCSB
Feb 23, 2024 UCI 81 – 69 UCSB
Feb 9, 2024 UCI 76 – 61 UCSB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings UCI UCSB
Overall 23-12 18-14
Conference 15-5 11-9
Home 12-5 11-4
Away 7-5 5-8
Neutral 4-2 2-2
Last 5 3-2 2-3
Streak L2 L3
Avg Pts For 74.2 76.7
Avg Pts Against 69.4 73.7
Massey 3.2 (#121) 1.6 (#139)
Bradley-Terry 0.48 (#118) 0.18 (#149)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.62 (#121) 0.28 (#139)
RPI 0.542 (#87) 0.515 (#142)
Shooting & Four Factors UCI UCSB
FG% 44.5% 46.8%
3PT% 33.6% 37.8%
REB / G 38.6 34.1
OREB / G 10.9 10.3
AST / TO 1.15 1.17
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 49.3% 55.1%
TOV% 18.1% 18.3%
ORB% 30.3% 31.7%
FT Rate 24.1% 29.3%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 44.7% 53.2%
Opp TOV% 18.8% 17.3%
DRB% 67.7% 74.1%
Opp FT Rate 20.0% 31.3%

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